Operations and Maintenance Activities

Postpone maintenance and landscaping activities which use small engines

Postpone vehicle fleet refueling until the evening

Use fleet vehicles to attend lunch and meetings

Employ building energy conservation measures

Restrict indoor and outdoor paint jobs on alert days

Switch to low VOC solvents and architectural coatings

Change work schedules to mitigate commute traffic jams

Commuter Actions

Encourage commute alternatives for employees

rideshare - carpool/vanpool

telecommute/work at home

public transportation

walk/bike

flexible work hours

Establish shuttles for groups of employees going between sites or to/from transit stations

Encourage (incentives) employees not to travel by auto at lunch time

subsidize or provide lunches

encourage brown bag lunches or ordering in

provide shuttle service to common dining areas

Parking management - preferences for rideshare vehicles

For more information about how you or your business can become an Ozone Action Program participant, please contact Jean Kelly at 225-219-3966 or the Capital Region Planning Commission, (225)383-5203; or at the Louisiana DEQ, (225)765-0169. You may also email deqassistance@LA.GOV, or call RIDESHARE at (225)344-RIDE (7433).